Feeder.



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Patented AprQ26,1910;

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LPPLIGA'I'IOK FILED 113.25, 190B.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

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J. W. HILDEBRAND;

FEEDER.

LPPLIOA TIOI FILED FEB. 25,190].

Patented A r.26,191u

will be hereinafter more fully described.

pended claims.

' Be it known that I, Jonx W. HILDEBRAND,

'a side elevation the position of disuse of 301m w. mnnnimnm,

FEEDER.

or RUSSELL, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Apr. 26,,1910.

Application 111:6 February 25, 1908. Serial No. 411,693.

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Russell, in the county of Russell and State of Kansas, (whose postoiiice addressis Russ ll, Kansas, aforesaid,) have-invented certain new and useful lm provements in Feeders, ofwhich the follow- 111 is a specification. I Iy invention relates to feeders and is desi ed for use especiallv with threshing mac lines, being arrange for permanent connection therewith when in use'so as to constitute also a continuous reach or hitch between the threshing machine and the traction engine or other hauling means. My feeder is connected at its rear or delivery end with themachine and at its front end with the engine, from which it may be readily disconnected.

The special features of my construction -My invention in its preferred embodiment therefor consists in the matters illustrated and described herem and set forth in the ap- Referring to the drawings: Figured-is a pei'spective view of my feeder, a part of the thrcsher being indicated in broken lines at the rear thereof. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the body. Fig. '3 is the front section being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view. Fig. is a central longitudinal section through the delivery section and the adjacent portion of the body. Fi 6 is a transverse section on the line ,6 Fig. 5. I I

My feeder consists of a bodv 1 su ported on wheels 2. To'cach end of this body is hinged a folding section, one of these sections 3 being the front or preliminary section and the other 4 being the-rear or delivery'section. The body 1 is provided with an elongated frame or reach constructed as follows:

5 is a central longitudinal beam the rear end of which has a plate 6 provided with a bolt hole 7 for connection with the threshcr. The other end of the beam -5 is provided with suitable'means as a band 8 bent to conform to the; shape of the end of the frame and to form a bolt hole 9 for permitting the connection ofthe reach with. the engine; \Vith this band a plate 10 'any suitable manner.

having a bolt hole 1-1 registering with the hole 7 col iperates. This frame is provided with short braces 12 ex -nding rearwardly and inwardly from the axle. 13 to the central longitudinal beam 5 and with long braces 14 extending forwardly and inwardly from the axle to the said beam. The lates 15 connect the axle and a .member 0 each pair of braces with a member of the other pair.

The body 1 is supported on cross pieces 16 bolted upon the reach and by the axle13. This body is provided with a bottom 17 and with sides 18 whose slanting extensions 19 keep, the grain in position. The bottom 17 is sufficiently raised above the cross pieces and axle to afford room for the conveyor 20 which extends continuously from end to end of my feeder. This conveyor is of usual construction consisting of chains 21 with cross pieces 22.

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23 is a shaft at the delivery end of the feeder provided with sprocket wheels 24. 25 is a similar shaft at the front end of the 27 is a third shaft carried'by the front end "of'the' delivery section and provided also with sprocket wheels 28.

In order to allow for the swinging of the hinged sections of the feeder the chain must be somewhat slack when in the position approaching the horizontal. To take up this slack and to prevent the conveyer from interfering with the thresher when the device is in operation,-a fourth shaft 29 is mounted near the delivery end of the delivery section. It is supported by bearing plates 30 which may be adj ustable. and is provided with sprocket wheels 31 acting on the under side of the chains. These sprocket wheels are not fast to the shaft but are freely rotatable thereon being however held from movement along the shaft. The ends of the shaft 29 are bent at right angles to form arms 32 for a purpose to be explained hereafter.

The conveyor is guided and its upper reach caused to-conform to the bottom 0 the body and to that of the delivery section by idlers 33 mounted near the rear end of the body on pins 34 supported from the body in It will be apparent that this arrangement'makes it possible to maintain the parts in operative relation and yet permit the movement of the delivery section on its hinges To.- this end the pins 34 are conveniently those on which the deliv- I ery section. turns and the idiots project well beyond the end of the body. Guards which n may be curved both from front to rear and from top to bottom sq as to. present only curved surfaces to the grain protectthe.

idlers and prevent ammm of the grain.

The conveyer is driven rom the thresher j by means of the belt 36, the pulleys 37 and 38 on a shaft 39, the belt 40, and the ulley 41 on the'shaft 23 at the rear end of t e delivery section. The frontsection 3 like the body 1 is provided with a bottom 42 and i with sides 43. These sides are rovided with extension: 44, which when is section is folded back upon the body 1 in the position of'disuse are abovethe tops ofthe' sides 18 within the extensions 19.

are pieces of flexible material suitably canrain from falling out between the body an the front section. The front section 15 provided with legs 47 freely rotai v table on headed pins 48, which are provided with washers 49. These legs in the position of disuse turn by gravit so that they 1 rest on the sides 18 and in t e position of use automatically assume the vertical in which position they aid in supporting the,

front section. The delivery sect1on4 is also provided with a bottom 50 and sides 51 to retain the grain. in position. These sides 51 are sufiiciently high to afford roomfor an upper conveyer 52 mounted on shafts 53, 54, the shaft 53 bein mounted in ad ustable plates 55 and the s aft 54 being free y moviible in the slots 56 which are sufiiciently wide to permit this motion. ese shafts are connected by a frame 58 consisting of suitable lon 'tudinal pieces 59 and cross piece 60. *ast to each shaft are pulleys or A dr s 61 on which run the belts 62 of the conveyer 52, which is of the same type as the conve or 20 but is provided with toothed cross ars 63, Whose teeth 64 point in the opposite direction to that in" which the conveyer moves; This construction permits the upper conveyer to move toward and from the main conveyer so as to adapt itself automatically to changing conditicns. If much grain is being carried thr'. 1 b h machine I the front end of the upper anve r' rises, if

little-1t drops by gravity. Tl s prevents clogging and enables the machine automatically to restore normal conditions. The delivery section is connected with the body 1 by hinges 66, the pivots of the hinges being some distance above the bottom of the body.

The position of the delivery section is p controlled in the following manner: The arms 32 of the shaft 29 are rovided with eyes 67-to which ropes or cab cs 69- are connccted, the other ends of which are fastened to drums ZO f'ast as the rotatable shaft 71, l

mounted for rotation underneath the body tensions erably arranged dia gonall I removed.

1. This shaft is provided with suitable retaining means as the ratchet 72 and the retaining awl 73. It is 0 rated manuall by cran 74 on stub s aft 75 throu gears 76 and 77. In order to prevent e grain from escaping between thcf body 1 D and the delivery section, the bottom of the rovided with .an extension or ex- 8 suitabl of metal which close the o nin s that won d otherwise exist between t e' b y and the delivery section, when the apparatus is in use. The body is also 'pro v1 ed for a similar purpose with rearwardl extending plates 79 suitably of metal whic are supported from the removable portions 80-of t e sides 18. These sections are prefbody is with their rear ends nearer the central e of the conveyer so as to direct the ain inwardly. The body 1 is also provid with deflectors or choke preventers 81 which, as shown, are curved metal strips extending rearwardly and inwardly from the sides 18 of the body in such a way as to direct the grain toward the center and toward the conveying apparatus of the delivery section and to prevent it from s illing over the sides of the body.

These eflectors are fastened at their.forward ends to the slanting extensions 19 of the sides. 18 and from these substantially vertical planes curve gradual both length wise an crosswise so that t eir free rear ends are well in from the sides and occupy a lane or lanes approaching the horizonta and as s own slanting toward the delivery section. It will be apparent that these deflectors will gradually turn the grain toward the center and present it in proper order to the conveying mechanism to the rear of the deflectors. This prevents clogging. As a precaution, however, the pieces 80 are, as stated, made removable so that surplus grain may be readily reached and The up er conveyer 52 in the delivery section is driven from the shaft 39 by means of a grooved pulley 82 on said shaft, :1 crossed rope 83 and a grooved pulley 84 on the shaft 53. It will be noted that the crossing of the rope 83 causes the lower reach of the upper conveyer to travel in the same direction as the upper reach of the main conveyer 20, i. e. toward the rear of the apparatus. It will also be observed that the greater part of my feeder is near the round and therefore much more convenient ing more readily accessible. For this reason, it may be describd as a low down carrier. It serves also the functions of a. continuous 'reach and hitch. By means of the ropes 69, the delivery section may be held in the position of use or in the most convenient position for transportation;

956,093 r Y a 1 .the traction engine, the front folding section being for this purposetmned back upon the body.

I In Figs. 1 and? the carrier is shown as slanting toward its front end and it will be apparent that the words substantially para lel with the round which have been used in ome of't e claims to describe the location of the body are notito be understood as excluding. a slanting arrangement.

Wh'at I'cleim as my invention is:

1. In ap aratus of the character described,- a fixed bo ysubstantially parallel with the ground, means for supporting said body, a section hinged to the front end thereof, an-

; other section hingedto the rear end thereof,

face of the said body, means for turning the rear section with respect to the body and for retaining it in operative position in difierent argular positions with respect thereto, and

means for driving the conveyer continuing operative when the rear section is so adjusted.

3. In apparatus of the-character described, a body provided with wheels, a section hinged to the frontv end thereof, another section hinged to the rear end thereof, an endless conveyer extendm from endto end of the a paratus and confbrming to the upper sur ace thereof, said body constituting a relatively fixed conveyer section, means for maintaining said hinged sections in the desired ositions, means for connecting the rear 0 the body to the machine being fed and means for connecting the front end of the body to the hauling device whereby the apparatus is capable of use both as a feeder and as a continuous reach.

4. In apparatus of the character described, a delivery section provided with a conveyer, a secondconveyer'above the first, means for rendering the forward end of said second conveyer freely movable toward and awa from the first conveyer, and means una fecte'd by the relative positions of the conveyers for driving the adjacent reaches of the two conveyersin the same direction.

5. In" apparatus-of character: described,

a delivery seetion an endlesseonveyer passingj along the upper surface of the-bottom thereof,.an endless-conveyer above 'seid first conveyer and having its award end freeto move toward and away from the first com veyer, and positive means for driving both conveyors.

6. In apparatus of the character described, a delivery section having a bottom and sides, an endless conveyor passing along the upper surface of the bottom, shafts mounted in the said sides, an endless conveyer supported by sa d shafts above the first named conveyer, said sides being provided with slots in. which the forward shaft is freely movable, and

means unaffected by the relative positions of the conveyers for driving said conveyers.

7. In apparatus of the character described, a body, a delivery section hinged to the rear thereof, an endless eonveyer extending along the body and the delivery-section, and rearwardly and inwardly extending deflectors on said body adjacent said delivery.

section, said deflectors being curved gradually both lengthwise and crosswise into a plane or planes approaching the horizontal.

In apparatus of the character described, a body, and rearwardly and inwardly extending deflectors curved graduall both lengthwise and crosswise into a p ane or planes approaching the horizontal.

9. In apparatus of the character described, an endless conveyer, and deflectors mounted at the sides thereof, extending rearwardly and inwardly at a considerable distance above said conveyors and curved gradually both lengthwise and crosswise.-

10. In a paratus of the character described, a 0d a delivery section hinged thereto, an en less conveyer, suitable shafts on said delivery section and body for said conveyer, means for causing the upper reach of the conveyer to conform to the upper surface of the'body and delivery section, an endless conveyer above the first conveyer, means to prevent material-from spilling between the body and the delivery-section, deflectors on the body adjacent said delivery section to direct material toward the center of the delivery section, and means for causing the adjacent reaches of the two conveyers to travel in thesame direction.

11. In apparatus of the character described, a body, wheels on which said body is mounted, a deliver section hinged to the rear end of said ha y, means for turnin said delivery section with respect to said bod and for retaining it in position, on end ess conveyer, means for causing the upper reach thereof to conform to the upper surface of said body and delivery section, means for taking up the slack of the lower reach of said conveyer, endless e direction of its Increment, shafts.

:coni veyer provided with teeth. slanting away from t for supporting said conveyer she-ft at the forward end thereof being supported for I T automatic movement toward and away from the first named-conveyor, deflectors on of the apparatus, and means to prevent mabody for concentrating material and directlng it inwardly toward the center line the delivery sectio 12. In ap aratus of' the character deterial from spillingbetween the body and scribed, a ho y having sides, adelivery sec vtion hinged to the body, an. endless conveyer, means to cause it to conform to the upper surface of said body and section, deflectors on the body for concentratin material portions of the sides of the b0 y adjacent the i delivery section and said deflectors bein independently removable, and means for riving the conveyer.

13. In apparatus of the character described, a body having sides, a delivery sec tionhinge d to the body, an endless conveyer, means to cause it to conform to the upper surface of said body and section ortions of the sides of the body adjacent. t e delivery section being inde endently removable,

plates carried by sai independently removable portions to prevent material from falling out at these points and means for d'vmg the conveyer.

1 4. In apparatus of the character de-- scribed, a body dprovided with sides, a secytion also .provi e section whereby they are adapted automat ically to rest by gravity upon the ground to aid in supporting the hinged section when in position of use and on the tops of the sides of the body when in position of disuse to support the hinged section.

Signed by me at Russell, Kansas this 11 day of February 1908. p

HILDEBRAND.

JOHN W. Witnesses:

D. H. Gown, 0. B. Hoovrn. 

